Leviticus 25 · Verse 12

Leviticus 25:12

For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Leviticus 25:12, King James Version

Leviticus 25:12 in other translations

BSBFor it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.
WEBFor it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
ASVFor it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
YLTfor a jubilee it is, holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase;
DARBYFor it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; out of the field shall ye eat its produce.
BBEFor it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.
WebsterFor it is the jubilee; it shall be holy to you: ye shall eat the increase of it out of the field.

What does Leviticus 25:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field, &c.--All that the ground yielded spontaneously during that period might be eaten for their necessary subsistence, but no persons were at liberty to hoard or form a private stock in reserve.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22

The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…

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Leviticus 25:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֚יkiforH3588
יוֹבֵ֣לyo.Vel[is] a jubileeH3104
הִ֔ואhi'itH1931
קֹ֖דֶשׁKo.desha holy thingH6944
תִּהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will beH1961
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַ֨שָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704
תֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.Luyou will eatH398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ\׃te.vu.'a.Tahproduce itsH8393

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 25:12

  • Leviticus 25:6-7

    And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

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Context

  • Leviticus 25:11

    A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

  • Leviticus 25:12

    For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

  • Leviticus 25:13

    In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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Leviticus 25:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque es jubileo: santo será á vosotros; el producto de la tierra comeréis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car c’est le Jubilé: il vous sera saint; vous mangerez en l’y prenant ce que le champ rapportera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn ein Jubeljahr ist es: es soll euch heilig sein; vom Felde weg sollt ihr seinen Ertrag essen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ob sanctificationem jubilæi: sed statim oblata comedetis.